Communications
This public-facing handout is a helpful guide for any jurisdiction that wants to clearly communicate the purpose of logic and accuracy (L&A) testing.
Apr 10, 2024
These guides and posters are helpful to remind staff and election workers of techniques to assist with de-escalating tense situations.
These posters are helpful to remind staff and election workers of techniques to assist with de-escalating tense situations.
“Covering Elections and Voting in 2024” by Pam Fessler, a communications advisor for The Elections Group and former National Public Radio correspondent, serves as a comprehensive resource for journalists covering […]
Apr 2, 2024
Jumpstart your content usability and accessibility efforts with this basic checklist. Watch our webinar on Accessibility and Elections: How to Better Serve Voters with Disabilities.
Mar 21, 2024
Meaningful observation is essential to the health of the election process. The guides on this page are designed as handouts for election observers.
Feb 28, 2024
Elections press releases are short news stories designed to give the media and other readers details about the election and your office. You can use them to highlight important dates […]
Feb 26, 2024
This public-facing poster can be featured in polling places, early voting sites and counting facilities to illustrate the shared values and principles that election workers uphold when conducting elections.
Feb 21, 2024
Table of Contents Jump to: Introduction Section 1: Proactive Communications Section 2: Crisis Communications Section 3: After the Crisis – Best Practices Section 4: Sample Crisis Communications Scenarios and Recommended Responses […]
Feb 20, 2024
Communicating complex election processes in a way that’s both interesting and easy to read is crucial for fostering public understanding and engagement. Our template provides a ready-to-edit framework to help […]
Feb 13, 2024
Our Communications Resource Desk offers communications resources and support for election officials by election officials. The Elections Group’s team of experts provides tailored, free or low-cost communications assistance to state and local election offices.
Jan 9, 2024
Create your own poll worker recruitment images using our templates.
Aug 21, 2023
Officials can build stronger partnerships with community groups by using these fully customizable templates to ensure that the information they share is accurate, up-to-date and co-branded.
Aug 18, 2023
Observers, voters and election officials deserve transparent and respectful environments for election administration. We created a set of shared expectations for both election officials and observers.
Accelerating Excellence
The Elections Workforce Resource Library links to resources created by many organizations that can aid the elections workforce.
Jul 6, 2023
Using short videos to explain and demonstrate election processes can help your voters to better understand how elections are run in your jurisdiction.
May 15, 2023
Election officials know that reporting election results takes time, but the public may not. These tips are designed to help you set public expectations.
Nov 3, 2022
Effective communications materials remain one of election official’s biggest collective needs. The Elections Group developed a 60-day communications plan template that offices and officials can use to begin to fill that need.
Nov 1, 2022
Oct 31, 2022
As a local election official, you are a trusted source of election information. Use your website to combat mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) by creating a central location for questions and answers about election processes.
Oct 24, 2022
Unexpected situations will come up and being prepared to communicate any necessary changes is key to a successful election.
Oct 18, 2022
More people than ever – including members of the media – are paying close attention to election processes throughout the United States. Here are 11 tips to help election officials prepare for media requests ahead of each election.
Oct 7, 2022
Emails are a low-cost communication tool that help quickly get important and accurate information to voters. Creating an email marketing plan ahead of each election cycle ensures that voters are receiving important updates directly from your office as a trusted source of information.
Sep 12, 2022
Create a brand identity for your jurisdiction by using consistent elements – logos, fonts and color palettes. Maintaining a consistent brand identity is important to establishing your jurisdiction as a trusted source of information.
Displaying signs to help show processes and operations of equipment is a simple way to ensure that watchers and observers, media, and other visitors are able to easily follow along as ballots make their way through the sorting process.
Sep 8, 2022
Former National Public Radio (NPR) Correspondent Pam Fessler continues to show examples of election offices Telling Our Story ahead of the 2022 General Election.
Sep 7, 2022
In California’s Greater Bay Area, election officials had an idea. Within their shared media market, they could pool their resources to launch a powerful campaign promoting accurate, current, and trusted election information.
Aug 11, 2022
Running a sophisticated communications operation can be difficult for all election officials. This workbook provides guidance for meeting election communication challenges through the development of a coalition of elections offices.
Creating posters and handouts that illustrate pick-up procedures for ballot drop boxes is an effective way to show watchers and observers, the media, and other stakeholders how the return of ballots from drop boxes is facilitated in your jurisdiction.
Aug 3, 2022
Creating posters and handouts that illustrate the security measures and procedures for ballot drop boxes is a simple way to ensure that watchers and observers, media and other visitors have accurate and up-to-date information.
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